Man City 115 charges result coming ‘soon’ after Guardiola verdict | Football | Sport

City face 54 allegations of failing to supply accurate and current financial information from 2009/10. They also face 14 alleged violations of failing to provide precise financial reports concerning player and manager remuneration over the same timeframe.

The hearing started in September 2024 and ran for 10 weeks, but almost two years on, no verdict has been heard. The case is without precedent in Engish football and the sheer number of charges are said to be part of the reason it has taken so long.

However, according to former City financial adviser Stefan Borson, a decision could be around the corner. He said: “I think it’s coming quite soon, but then we have said that before, right? My best guess and the kind of feeling in the parties is that it will come at the end of the season.

“June would be most likely, that’s the feeling. There’s no justification now from a kind of how long it takes to write this up, there’s no justification now. This is now ridiculous territory. 18 months to write up a decision in a private arbitration is clearly ridiculous. There’s been little things that I’ve heard that would signify that we are coming to the end of the process of writing it up.”

Any verdict will now arrive under the premiership of a different City manager, given Pep Guardiola has left his post.

However, before his departure, the Catalan did say: “I trust them. I spoke with them and trust how they behave and how they did. What happened, happened. There will be a resolution, but nobody from the staff, of the backroom staff or mainly the players and the manager was here.”

Meanwhile, Haaland was also asked about the issue back in March, with the ex-Borussia Dortmund ace replying: “I don’t do that, obviously, when I sign a 9½-year contract. I’ve said 300 times why I signed the contract. I talked to the club, got a good feeling and agreed to it in the end. That’s why.”